Fleetwood

Fleetwood
Lord Street in 1997 during the Fleetwood Transport Festival
Fleetwood is located in the Borough of Wyre
Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Location in Wyre Borough
Fleetwood is located in the Fylde
Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Location on the Fylde
Fleetwood is located in Morecambe Bay
Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Location on Morecambe Bay
Fleetwood is located in Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Location of town centre in Fleetwood
Fleetwood is located in Lancashire
Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Location within Lancashire
Population25,939 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSD333479
Civil parish
  • Fleetwood
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFLEETWOOD
Postcode districtFY7
Dialling code01253
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
Websitewww.fleetwoodtowncouncil.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
53°55′19″N 3°00′43″W / 53.922°N 3.012°W / 53.922; -3.012

Fleetwood is a coastal town in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England, at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 25,939 at the 2011 census.

Fleetwood acquired its modern character in the 1830s, when the principal landowner Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, High Sheriff and MP, conceived an ambitious plan to re-develop the town to make it a busy seaport and railway spur. He commissioned the Victorian architect Decimus Burton to design a number of substantial civic buildings, including two lighthouses. Hesketh-Fleetwood's transport terminus schemes failed to materialise. The town expanded greatly in the first half of the 20th century with the growth of the fishing industry, and passenger ferries to the Isle of Man, to become a deep-sea fishing port.

Decline of the fishing industry began in the 1960s, hastened by the Cod Wars with Iceland, though fish processing is still a major economic activity in Fleetwood. The town's most significant employer today is Lofthouse of Fleetwood, manufacturer of the lozenge Fisherman's Friend which is exported around the world.[1]

  1. ^ "Export growth boosts Fisherman's Friend producer". Insider Media Ltd. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2019.